Richard Yuricich

Richard Yuricich
Born	December 1942 (age 81) Lorain, Ohio, US
Other names	Dick Yuricich
Occupation	Special effects artist
Family	Matthew Yuricich (brother)

Richard Yuricich (born December 1942) is a special visual effects artist. He is the brother of Matthew Yuricich, also a special effects artist. Yuricich is of Croatian descent. His father emigrated to America from his native Josipdol in Lika.^[1] He has been nominated for an Academy Award three times.

Oscar Nominations

All 3 are in the category of Best Visual Effects

50th Academy Awards-Nominated for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, nomination shared with Roy Arbogast, Gregory Jein, Douglas Trumbull and Matthew Yuricich. Lost to Star Wars.^[2]
52nd Academy Awards-Nominated for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, nomination shared with John Dykstra, Grant McCune, David K. Stewart, Robert Swarthe and Douglas Trumbull. Lost to Alien.^[3]
55th Academy Awards-Nominated for Blade Runner, nomination shared with David Dryer and Douglas Trumbull. Lost to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. .^[4]

Selected filmography

Non-Stop (2014)
The Book of Eli (2010)
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Event Horizon (1997)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Blade Runner (1982)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

References

^ Pavlinić, Vladimir; Toth, Željko; Saganić, Gvido, eds. (1972). Nova Hrvatska (in Croatian). Nova Hrvatska. p. 17. Mato Juričić (Matthew Yuricich) iz Lorain, Ohio. Njegov otac odselio se u Ameriku godine 1920. iz Josipdola u Gorskom Kotaru
^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

External links

Richard Yuricich at IMDb
Richard Yuricich at Memory Alpha

Saturn Award for Best Special Effects

1970s

Marcel Vercoutere (1972)
Joe Dante and Mark Goldblatt (1973)
Douglas Knapp, Bill Taylor, John Carpenter, and Dan O'Bannon (1974/75)
L. B. Abbott (1976)
John Dykstra and John Stears (1977)
Colin Chilvers (1978)
Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, and Richard Yuricich (1979)

1980s

Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund (1980)
Richard Edlund (1981)
Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren (1982)
Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Ken Ralston (1983)
Chris Walas (1984)
Kevin Pike (1985)
Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak (1986)
Peter Kuran, Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Rocco Gioffre (1987)
George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, and Richard Williams (1988)
Ken Ralston (1989/90)

1990s

Stan Winston (1991)
Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993)
John Bruno (1994)
Stan Parks (1995)
Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil (1996)
Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., John Richardson (1997)
Volker Engel, Patrick Tatopoulos, Karen E. Goulekas, and Clay Pinney (1998)
Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires (1999)

2000s

Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, Scott Stokdyk, and Stan Parks (2000)
Dennis Muren, Scott Farrar, Stan Winston, Michael Lantieri (2001)
Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow (2002)
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003)
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004)
Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, and Brian Van't Hul (2005)
John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier (2007)
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, and Paul J. Franklin (2008)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)

2010s

Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Paul J. Franklin, and Peter Bebb (2010)
Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (2011)
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick (2012)
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013)
Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould (2015)
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould (2016)
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, and Dan Sudick (2017)
Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, and Dan Sudick (2018/19)
Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)

2020s

John “D.J.” Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus (2021/22)
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett (2022/23)

Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.